BiOptix name, ticker-symbol changes become official

BOULDER – In the wake of its acquisition of Boulder-based BiOptix Diagnostics Inc., publicly traded company Venaxis Inc. officially changed its name to Bioptix Inc.

The merged company, Bioptix Inc., also changed its ticker symbol from APPY to BIOP on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Castle Rock-based Venaxis acquired BiOptix Diagnostics in September in an all-stock transaction worth $2.6 million, with Venaxis moving its operations and four full-time employees to BiOptix’s Boulder office at 1775 38th St.

The company’s focus now is BiOptix Diagnostics’ Enhanced…